//------------------------------// // Meeting of the mindssssssss // Story: A Flowery Affair // by Voltsthevoltvolts //------------------------------// "Sssssss. Floran bored." Fern stated as she mess around with the matter manipulator, throwing water and stone around the large front room of Twilight's castle. "Ssssss, how long will sssssssmall pony take to get here?" Fern sighed and dropped a large glob of water on the floor before sweeping it up with manipulator. "Floran want to fix sssssssship." "Trust me Fern, if Princess Celestia offers her help you will have your ship fixed in no time!" Lyra stated, Twilight and her friends had gone into a separate room to 'discus' the situation. "It shouldn't be too long, the Princess is normally very punctual. In fact, I am surprised she isn't already here." "Sssssss... Floran could have fixed sssssssship by now... Floran could be with bird-lady..." Fern hissed. "Maybe sssssssmall pony not understand, but Floran missessssssssss bird-lady." Fern sighed and turned off the matter manipulator. "All ssssssssmall poniesssssssss have done is sssssssslow Floran down." "Well... We have never seen anything like you before Fern. You are the first ever being from out of space in Equestria." Lyra proudly said. "We are representing the entire Equestrian race." "Sssss. Doesssssss not impressssssss Floran." Fern deadpanned. "Well its big for me! I'm not like the other ponies in here, I don't save the world on a daily basis! I just live my plain ordinary life." Lyra stated angrily. "Maybe ssssssmall pony sssssshould explore. That issssssss what bird-lady did before bird-lady wasssssss thrown off tower." Fern stated. "Thissssss is other bird-lady Floran isssss talking about." "Oh, well I would. But I need an adventures permit." Lyra chuckled as Fern gave her a confused look. Just as Lyra finished laughing Twilight and her friends walked in ominously through the room. "Woah... That was creepy." "Floran not like that, Floran returning to ssssssship." Fern stated as she stood up and moved towards a nearby window. "W-Wait!" Lyra shouted as she jumped up and chased Fern, who had opened the window and was in the process of leaping out of it. Lyra was just able to grab Fern's leg as a white light engulfed them and took them to Fern's ship. When Lyra woke up she was on a cold metallic floor. Bright florescent lights blinded her as she rolled over. "Sssssssilly sssssssmall pony, sssssssshould have let Floran go to ssssssship." Lyra heard Fern hiss and the sound of metal on metal approaching her, once her eyes adjusted she saw Fern approaching her wearing a basic set of iron armor. "F-Fern!" Lyra blushed. Fern's armor left little to the imagination. save the exquisite headpiece she was wearing. "What are you wearing?" "Floran armor... Armor for a sprout." Fern stated as she unsheathed a large iron broadsword. "Floran decorated ssssssssship." Lyra looked around. A furnace, iron anvil, crafting bench, wooden bed, campfire and several chests were neatly packed into the small ship. "So I see..." Lyra chuckled. "How do we get back down to Equestria?" "Ssssss. Sssssssame way assssss last time. Jump out the ssssssship and float down." Fern chuckled. "Let Floran help you!" Fern hauled Lyra over her should and moved towards the teleporter. "Fern! Stop!" Lyra shouted as Fern gently dropped her on the glowing white panel. "Have a sssssssssafe trip!" Fern smugly said as she pressed a large red button on the wall, triggering the teleporter. Within a moment Lyra had completely vanished. "Heheheh..." Fern chuckled as she moved to the ship's AI panel. "Long distance teleporting, a most impressive feat. Especially when done by something that is not alive." Fern heard a voice echo behind her. "Ssss..." Fern slowly turned around, a pony with both wings and a horn was stood dead center in her ship. "Another sssssssmall pony." Fern stated flatly. "Maybe not ssssssso sssssssssmall..." Fern sighed. "Yes, our sister thought that you might try and run, so she sent us to search for your ship." The pony stated. "Floran not run, Floran want to fix sssssssship." Fern turned her attention back to the AI panel and activated it. The panel flickered to life and the ship's AI appeared on the panel. "Heheh! We need roughly twenty average sized core-shards to fix the ship's engines, and my scanners are showing none on you!" The AI vanished as the panel shut down. "Ssssssee. Floran needssssss to fix ssssssship. Yet all sssssssmall poniessssss do isssssss drag Floran around and follow Floran." Fern angrily said. "Ssssssssmall poniesssssss are sssssssslowing Floran down!" "While it may seem like that, you have very little to worry about. Even as we speak my sisters guards are risking their lives in the crystal caverns to find your precious shards." The pony replied. "But Floran not want help. Floran just wantsssssss to fix sssssssship! Floran didn't ask ssssssssmall poniessssss for help!" Fern barked back. "Why do ssssssssssmall poniesssssss insist on help Floran!?" "Because, it is our ways. We have always helped those in need." The pony stated angrily. "If you can't respect our beliefs then you got stranded on the wrong planet." "Floran wayssssss involve ssssssstabbing things! Floran doessssssss not go to sssssssmall poniesssssss and force then to ssssssstab each other just because Floran doesssssssss!" Fern took an aggressive stance and readied her sword. "Maybe Floran sssssssshow ssssssssmall pony Floran waysssssss." Fern said threateningly. "Are you threatening us?" The pony angrily shouted and an incredibly lout voice that threw Fern off balance. "Issssss sssssssssmall pony challenging Floran!?" Fern shouted back, within a moment to the town were within breathing distance of each other. "Tomorrow." Fern stated, activating the teleporter and vanishing in a bright light. Princess Luna, who had been tasked with trying to convince Fern to remain on Equestria so that she may be studied sighed. "We have failed out task sister..." Luna shook her head and sighed. "Maybe Equestria is not ready for the wonders of space..."